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Child welfare card gets mixed reaction
The card, unlike the previous one, demands that the name of the father - married or unmarried to the child's mother - be put on the medical record card. The card also requires that the HIV status of the mother be recorded. In an interview, Puseletso...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
'Sovereign Wealth Funds a safety net after mines run out'
The National Business Conference is a creation of the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM), the country's largest body of organised business. In his presentation, Moremong said Botswana needed an SWF as a means of...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
De Beers offloads another mine to Petra
This is the fourth mine Petra Diamonds has bought from De Beers since buying Cullinan, Kimberley Underground and Koffiefontein. As a smaller outfit, Petra Diamonds can mine and manage ageing deposits more economically. De Beers has opened two new...
STAFF WRITER 11 September 2008
Khama's Swaziland visit sends wrong message
We have noted that ever since he ascended to presidency, he has hardly travelled outside the country on official visits. While at home, President Khama has been doing a lot in terms of touring the country, getting to know people, selling his vision...
11 September 2008
Browser wars II
This time, however, it is Google's Chrome that promises to transform the economics underlying the entire software industry, and not only because of its technical innovation in linking very different kinds of software to an Internet browser. In doing...
*HAROLD JAMES 11 September 2008
Cost of living too high for Batswana studying in RSA
This amount can be said to be huge until the basic allowance for students in South Africa is mentioned; R3020. One may wonder as to where the rest of the money disappeared? This year has seen a rise in the prices of all the basic things that...
11 September 2008
Moyo thinks like a goat
One wonders whether Moyo was in the right state of mind or hallucinating. Let Moyo be advised that if he has no place to play games or deposit his verbal diarrhoea he must not choose Botswana because we are a beautiful, peaceful and democratic nation...
11 September 2008
Mugabe's supporters make money
Not even the highest paid civil servant in Botswana (which has a well-functioning economy) makes that money. They (Mugabe's diplomats) live very opulent lifestyles. Just ask one of them to be posted back to Zimbabwe and they will get into a...
11 September 2008
Foreign Affairs responds
HE Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana, went to Zambia to attend the funeral of the late HE Levy P. Mwanawasa, President of the Republic of Zambia and to extend condolences and sympathy to Maureen...
11 September 2008
Cartoon Strip 11.09.08
11 September 2008
Meet Botswana's Face of Africa representative
Tema certainly has the body and height that meet the M-Net's Face of Africa set standards. The minimum height requirement for this year's Face of Africa is 1. 72 m, while the maximum hip requirement is 96 cm. The 24-year-old physiotherapist had her...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
New railway to Botswana for coal exports on the cards
This means that a new rail link across the Kalahari desert to Mariental will have to be built. CIC Energy Corporation intends developing a coal mine at Mmamabula north of Gaborone, which has about 2,8 billion tonnes of coal reserves. A 2 400 megawatt...
11 September 2008
Kwasa-kwasa king Biza is back
He joined Alfredo Mos and Africa Sounds and became the band's celebrity dancer and back-up singer with his stage antics and fashionable clothes. Years later, very little was heard of the man and when he resurfaced he was now going by the name Dr...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 September 2008
Sticks gives dikhwaere new dimension
Many of us used to wait for Radio Botswana's popular programme Dipina tsa Dikhwaere to get the recorded version of this music. It was through this programme that most of us, especially the young generation, got to know about the giants like...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 September 2008
Beats and sounds worth paying for
Well, no, not really, but it is certainly something that I have to say about an ideal evening spent appreciating the skill and flair boasted by local lyricists enjoying their nights and sharing their thoughts and experiences. The night was cool, and...
NEO JASMINE MOKGOSI
Correspondent 11 September 2008
Portuguese film festival at various museums
Last week, it was in Serowe and this week, it is in Kanye. After that, it will tour Southern Africa. In July, it was launched at the Little Theatre at the National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery. The movie that opens the festival is...
11 September 2008
BFA officials resign in Phikwe
The development comes less than two months after the region held elections. The officials who have resigned are secretary Mokwadi Raditsebe and three additional committee members, Ernest Molapisi, James Makuni and Thomas Malesela. Only chairperson,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 11 September 2008
Mopako learns the hard way
Mopako presumed that most people at Siga where he stars for local club, Killer Giants would vote for him during the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections. But this never happened though he is the most popular character at the club. The...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 September 2008
Our Heritage
Somewhat simplistically, the more elderly deplore current clothing fashions preferring more clothing rather than less. In contrast, as might be expected, the young wish to wear less and expose more. Yet with both, there is obviously a reaching out to...
Sandy Grant 11 September 2008
Motswana woman on Interpol 'most wanted' list
The director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Wilmon Karihindi, revealed that the woman disappeared after learning that she was under investigation for stealing from her employer. 'She just vanished after realising that she was...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
Armed robber jailed for 10 years
Thembilani Nyoni, 21, and other persons not before court, allegedly forced their way into a house in Tlokweng where they brutally attacked its occupants. The occupants, Shadrack Sengamanyi and Edson Mark were brutally attacked with a knife and...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
BDP registers more voters than IEC-Tafa
Interviewed yesterday, Tafa said his party has been able to create excitement among voters by registering close to 700, 000 voters, while the IEC is complaining about voter apathy. Tafa hailed his party claiming that they have the best democracy in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
BDP defends minister's spouse in Bulela Ditswe appeals
Prince Moitoi is the secretary of the BDP Serowe region committee, which rejected all the appeals from parliamentary and council candidates it received. He was campaign manager for his wifes team in the Serowe South constituency, where aspirants from...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
Fire destroys veldt
The thick smoke emanated from burning tyres and only brave motorists drove through it. The fire also destroyed several hectares of the veldt. When a Mmegi team arrived at the scene, there were two fire engines from the Gaborone City Council...
STAFF WRITER 11 September 2008
Siele fields worker queries at BCL
He made the promise at a Kgotla meeting in Botshabelo last Tuesday. There were complaints that expatriates dominate the mine and hold positions that locals qualify for. Among the people who sought the minister's attention were those who were...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
Ministry explains payment delays for awards
The Ministry spokes-person Keneilwe Segopolo says all the three sponsors, the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), Stanbic Bank, and Barclays Bank released payment a week after the celebrations and were not responsible for any delay. BDC...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 September 2008
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